November 25
1758 - The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.
1783 - The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.
1841 - The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former President John Quincy Adams.
1864 - During the Civil War, Confederate agents set a series of arson fires in New York; the blazes were quickly extinguished.
1915 - A new version of the Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants, was founded by William Joseph Simmons.
1947 - Movie studio executives agreed to blacklist the "Hollywood 10", who were jailed a day earlier for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a mild stroke.
1963 - The body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jacqueline, lighted an "eternal flame" at the gravesite.
1973 - Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup.
1986 - The Iran-Contra scandal erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
1987 - Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died after suffering a fatal heart attack at his city hall offices.
1998 - Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.
1999 - Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida.
2002 - President George W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge as head of the new Cabinet-level department.
2003 - The Senate gave final congressional approval to Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.
2016 - Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.
Birthdays
23 - Bambi Bains (singer)
26 - Jamie Grace (singer)
26 - Rome Flynn (actor)
31 - Katie Cassidy (actress)
38 - Joel Kinnaman (actor)
41 - Donovan McNabb (football player)
46 - Christina Applegate (actress)
51 - Billy Burke (actor)
54 - Kevin Chamberlin (actor)
54 - Sonja Morgan (reality star)
54 - Chip Kelly (football coach)
57 - Amy Grant (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 25
1897 - Nebraska defeated Council Bluffs 6-0 to end the year at 5-1 and champions of the Western Inter-State University Football Association (3-0).
1905 - Nebraska defeated Doane 43-5.
1909 - Haskell defeated Nebraska 16-5 to end the year at 3-3-2 and finished 5th in the Missouri Valley (0-1-1).
1911 - Nebraska and Michigan played to a 6-6 tie. Nebraska ended the year with a 5-1-2 record and won the Missouri Valley with a 2-0-1 league record.
1914 - Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California.
1916 - Nebraska defeated Iowa 34-17.
1920 - Washington State defeated Nebraska 21-20. The Huskers ended the year with a 5-3-1 record.
1920 - Radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play description of a football game, between Texas University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. (Texas won, 7-3.)
1922 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 54-6.
1926 - Washington defeated Nebraska 10-6. The Huskers ended the season with a 6-2 record and a runner-up finish in the Missouri Valley (5-1).
1933 - Nebraska defeated Iowa 7-6.
1939 - Nebraska upset #14 Oklahoma 13-7 to end the year with a 7-1-1 record and a runner-up finish in the Big 6 (4-1).
1944 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 35-0.
1950 - #1 Oklahoma defeated #16 Nebraska 49-35. Huskers end the season with a 6-2-1 record and a runner-up finish in the Big 7 (4-2)
1951 - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears.
1961 - NBA's Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics) becomes second player to score 15,000 points.
1961 - Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 21-14. Huskers ended the year with a 3-6-1 record and a fifth place finish in the Big 8 (2-5).
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 21-9 to end the regular season as Big 8 champions (7-0).
1965 - The first color broadcast of an NFL game aired on CBS. The Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts played to a 24-24 tie.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeated #2 Oklahoma 35-31 in the "Game of the Century" to clinch the Big 8 Championship (7-0).
1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.
1977 - #3 Oklahoma defeated #11 Nebraska 38-7 to end the regular season as Big 8 runner-up (5-2).
1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran, regains WBC welterweight championship.
1980 - Larry Holmes knocked out Marvis Frazier in the first round to retain the world heavyweight title.
1994 - #1 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 13-3 to win the Big 8 title with a perfect 7-0 league record.
2001 - The Calgary Stampeders win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1998, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 in the 89th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec.
2002 - Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bud Selig met secretly to discuss Rose's lifetime ban from baseball.
2005 - Nebraska defeated Colorado 30-3 to end the regular season with a 4-4 record in the Big 12 North (2nd place).
2008 - Football player Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge and received a three-year suspended sentence.
2011 - #22 Nebraska defeated Iowa 20-7 to end the regular season at 5-3 in the Big Ten Legends Division for a third place finish.
2016 - Iowa defeated #17 Nebraska 40-10 as the Huskers ended the regular season with a 6-3 Big Ten West record for a second place finish.
1758 - The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.
1783 - The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.
1841 - The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former President John Quincy Adams.
1864 - During the Civil War, Confederate agents set a series of arson fires in New York; the blazes were quickly extinguished.
1915 - A new version of the Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants, was founded by William Joseph Simmons.
1947 - Movie studio executives agreed to blacklist the "Hollywood 10", who were jailed a day earlier for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a mild stroke.
1963 - The body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jacqueline, lighted an "eternal flame" at the gravesite.
1973 - Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup.
1986 - The Iran-Contra scandal erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
1987 - Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died after suffering a fatal heart attack at his city hall offices.
1998 - Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.
1999 - Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida.
2002 - President George W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge as head of the new Cabinet-level department.
2003 - The Senate gave final congressional approval to Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.
2016 - Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.
Birthdays
23 - Bambi Bains (singer)
26 - Jamie Grace (singer)
26 - Rome Flynn (actor)
31 - Katie Cassidy (actress)
38 - Joel Kinnaman (actor)
41 - Donovan McNabb (football player)
46 - Christina Applegate (actress)
51 - Billy Burke (actor)
54 - Kevin Chamberlin (actor)
54 - Sonja Morgan (reality star)
54 - Chip Kelly (football coach)
57 - Amy Grant (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 25
1897 - Nebraska defeated Council Bluffs 6-0 to end the year at 5-1 and champions of the Western Inter-State University Football Association (3-0).
1905 - Nebraska defeated Doane 43-5.
1909 - Haskell defeated Nebraska 16-5 to end the year at 3-3-2 and finished 5th in the Missouri Valley (0-1-1).
1911 - Nebraska and Michigan played to a 6-6 tie. Nebraska ended the year with a 5-1-2 record and won the Missouri Valley with a 2-0-1 league record.
1914 - Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California.
1916 - Nebraska defeated Iowa 34-17.
1920 - Washington State defeated Nebraska 21-20. The Huskers ended the year with a 5-3-1 record.
1920 - Radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play description of a football game, between Texas University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. (Texas won, 7-3.)
1922 - Nebraska defeated Iowa State 54-6.
1926 - Washington defeated Nebraska 10-6. The Huskers ended the season with a 6-2 record and a runner-up finish in the Missouri Valley (5-1).
1933 - Nebraska defeated Iowa 7-6.
1939 - Nebraska upset #14 Oklahoma 13-7 to end the year with a 7-1-1 record and a runner-up finish in the Big 6 (4-1).
1944 - Nebraska defeated Kansas State 35-0.
1950 - #1 Oklahoma defeated #16 Nebraska 49-35. Huskers end the season with a 6-2-1 record and a runner-up finish in the Big 7 (4-2)
1951 - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears.
1961 - NBA's Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics) becomes second player to score 15,000 points.
1961 - Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 21-14. Huskers ended the year with a 3-6-1 record and a fifth place finish in the Big 8 (2-5).
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 21-9 to end the regular season as Big 8 champions (7-0).
1965 - The first color broadcast of an NFL game aired on CBS. The Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts played to a 24-24 tie.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeated #2 Oklahoma 35-31 in the "Game of the Century" to clinch the Big 8 Championship (7-0).
1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.
1977 - #3 Oklahoma defeated #11 Nebraska 38-7 to end the regular season as Big 8 runner-up (5-2).
1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran, regains WBC welterweight championship.
1980 - Larry Holmes knocked out Marvis Frazier in the first round to retain the world heavyweight title.
1994 - #1 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 13-3 to win the Big 8 title with a perfect 7-0 league record.
2001 - The Calgary Stampeders win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1998, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 in the 89th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec.
2002 - Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bud Selig met secretly to discuss Rose's lifetime ban from baseball.
2005 - Nebraska defeated Colorado 30-3 to end the regular season with a 4-4 record in the Big 12 North (2nd place).
2008 - Football player Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge and received a three-year suspended sentence.
2011 - #22 Nebraska defeated Iowa 20-7 to end the regular season at 5-3 in the Big Ten Legends Division for a third place finish.
2016 - Iowa defeated #17 Nebraska 40-10 as the Huskers ended the regular season with a 6-3 Big Ten West record for a second place finish.
